Egg Crate Color and handling bubbles

[jeromefong]

I'm still catching up with old podcast eposides; there was eposide where it was suggested that we never cover our tanks. We should use egg crate for the cover so the tank can breath. However, I have 2 question on that:

1. What color egg crate should we be using? Does color have any effect on the light or is white the color of choice?
2. I have a wave maker in the tank and it generates a lot of bubbles. My cover used to keep the bubbles somewhat contained, eventhought it is probably the biggest area of salt creep for the tank. Without a cover, is there a way to reduce the bubble from bursting on the surface and creating a splash?

thanks,

Jerome

[Rob]

1.) if egg crate is used white is preferred (note that egg crate does decrease light penetration)
2.) i would look at the wavemaker/powerhead, it shouldn't be generating noticeably continuous amounts of bubbles

[jeromefong]

Actually, I should note that I have a surger, not a wave maker. The surger works by creating a siphon, so when the siphon is working, the water just flows out of the surger, down 2 feet of tubing down to the tank until the siphon is broken. It works pretty well, but it does create a lot of bubbles. I'm not sure what can be done since there is no place to make adjustments.

[Rob]

ah.. ok, that makes more sense.
yes, thats going to create more bubbles than a wavemaker/powerhead setup